Friday, August 04, 2006
Senate Returns Three Nominees [Jonathan Adler]
Apparently the Senate took the unusal step of returning three judicial nominations — William Myers, Terrence Boyle, and Randy Smith — to the White House at the start of the August Recess. Confirmthem.com's Andrew has the details here . Unanimous consent is required to hold nominees over a recess, and apparently some Democrats did not provide their consent. The President can renominate all three when the Senate comes back in Setpember, so the move does not necessarily prevent a vote on any of them, but it is nonetheless a rare move. I also think it demonstrates that Senate Democrats are not particularly concerned about the judge issuehurting them this November, as it had in years past.
08/04 08:27 AM
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